Daniel Williams
The Israel-Hamas ceasefire in the Gaza Strip war is slowly disintegrating with daily small-scale breaches in the battered coastal enclave. Should the currently low-intensity warfare boil over, it would jeopardize a three-pronged peace plan announced this month by US President Donald Trump.
The ceasefire is designed first to facilitate the freeing of numerous Israeli hostages held in Gaza by Hamas, the Islamic terrorist group, in exchange for scores of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody.
Those initial exchanges, now underway, are meant to lead next month to full exchanges of captives and a withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza, to be later followed by a permanent truce and talks to end the war entirely.
But the violence, though much reduced in comparison to the months of warfare that began on October 7, 2023, alarms United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
“We must avoid at all costs the resumption of hostilities in Gaza that would lead to an immense tragedy,” Guterres warned on the social media platform X. “Both sides must fully abide by their commitments in the ceasefire agreement and resume serious negotiations.”
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